ANDREW Neil has come under fire for "diminishing the seriousness" of the scenes at the US Capitol buildings last night.
The broadcaster linked a video of Donald Trump fans storming the buildings and said it was like a St Mirren game.
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One protester was shot dead by police, while three others died of “medical emergencies”. Some 52 people were arrested, most of them for breaking the 6pm curfew put in place during the chaos by the Washington mayor.
Neil tweeted: "I’ve seen more people at a St Mirren game."
I’ve seen more people at a St Mirren game https://t.co/xOspbWsl4g
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) January 6, 2021
Twitter users hit out at Neil's comment, with many saying the tweet would age badly. Here are the best responses:
1.
This aged well,👇 Just like your average St Mirren game, a Coup d'etat & how many dead is it? 🤔#Twat https://t.co/TePaQIJxGa
— Robin#McBot (@dointhebiz1) January 7, 2021
2.
This aged well.... https://t.co/PYSqZCzLIl
— CMcK (@MagicMan112) January 7, 2021
3.
The bold yin here trying to say we’d allow him in to watch St Mirren play 🙄 https://t.co/RsYhGRgFDq
— 🏴Leenie🏴🏴 (@LeensterFbsi) January 7, 2021
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4.
Guess I'd be playing it down if my buddy had kicked off a riot too https://t.co/aPqNI8ZGHj
— 🏴Anonymous Source🏴 (@bideourtime) January 7, 2021
5.
A disgrace to Paisley, Renfrewshire and Scotland.
— Davy 🏴 (@gowdavy) January 6, 2021
Trying to rip the pish out of this is not clever.
I bet he regrets that tweet in the morning. https://t.co/rJivQd8hWz
6.
Top drawer journalism there Andrew 🙁 https://t.co/sKm16miQ2l
— Debra (@HeathPeaPict) January 6, 2021
7.
Clearly Andrew Neil hasn't been to St Mirren any time recently.
— Andrew Page 🔶🏳️🌈🇪🇺 🏴 (@scottishliberal) January 6, 2021
His attempt to diminish the seriousness of what was happening didn't age well.
Delete the tweet, Andrew - and leave jokes about St Mirren to Morton fans! https://t.co/69StFzfOzO
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8.
Another Trump enabler. https://t.co/sTbq9CBLDf
— Alex Murray (@AlexMur00387201) January 6, 2021
9.
This sarcy nonsense did not age well. https://t.co/5RgjLgxlhf
— Proud Brexiteer (@realcalpol) January 7, 2021
10.
Just a reminder that we have a date with destiny regarding fascists on this side of the pond to deal with as well...https://t.co/0EdnAAYEZg
— David Burnett (@HeyKowalski) January 6, 2021
11.
Former @bbcpoliticslive host thinks it's a minor football spectator issue https://t.co/cE2mpu2FZ6
— Steve B (@1_stevebrown) January 6, 2021
Immediately ahead of the violence yesterday Trump told thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington DC that "we will never concede" the presidential election.
But this morning the president’s deputy chief of staff for communications tweeted a message from Trump which said he “totally disagrees” with the election result but conceded that there would be a smooth transfer to a Biden administration.
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Quoting Trump, White House adviser Dan Scavino tweeted: “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th.
“I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted.
“While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”
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This morning First Minister Nicola Sturgeon condemned the violence, saying we witnessed Trump “inciting insurrection” in the United States.
She told Good Morning Britain: "In some senses Donald Trump’s presidency has been moving towards this moment almost since the moment it started. But that doesn’t make it any less shocking.
"What we witnessed weren’t just scenes of horrible breaches of law and order, of people taking over the seat of democracy, we actually witnessed the president of the Untied States inciting insurrection in his own country.”
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